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U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said Sunday that President Barack Obama's recent outreach to lawmakers by visiting the Capitol Hill is a good thing, but Republicans can't go any further on tax increases.
"It's always a good thing to engage in more conversation, engage more members in the conversation that had not been involved up until this point," said Boehner in an interview aired Sunday on ABC's "This Week."
"But when you get down to the bottom line, the president believes that we have to have more taxes from the American people, we're not going to get very far," he said. "The president got his tax hikes on January 1. The talk about raising revenue is over. It 's time to deal with the spending problem."
His comments came after Obama's week-long effort to reach across the aisle for exchange of ideas on issues including deficit cuts. Obama met separately with Republicans and Democrats from both chambers, seeking to build a framework for a grand bargain on a deficit … [Read more...] about U.S. House Speaker reiterates GOP’s stance against further tax hikes

Republicans haven't reached an agreement with the White House on a spending bill that would avert an April 8 shut-down of the federal government, said U.S. House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday.
Boehner said lawmakers still have some way to go to reach an agreement on a top-line figure for cutting 2011 spending and remain divided over controversial items demanded by Republicans such as stop funding for healthcare reform. … [Read more...] about U.S. House Speaker says no agreement yet on spending deal

U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said on Tuesday that the Senate vote to allow debate on a controversial bill on so-called "currency manipulation" by China is "pretty dangerous," indicating a less possibility for the bill to pass the House of Representatives.
"It's pretty dangerous to be moving legislation through the United States Congress forcing someone to deal with the value of their currency," Boehner told reporters a day after the U.S. Senate cleared a procedural vote to advance the action.
The bill, Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2011, sets in motion a process for imposing punitive tariffs on a country with misaligned currencies, noticeably Chinese renminbi, or yuan. … [Read more...] about U.S. House speaker says currency bill on China “dangerous”

The payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits break for the Americans should be extended for one year, not for a short-term two months, U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said on Monday.
The Senate voted Saturday and approved a two-month extension of payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed. The legislation which was passed by an 89-10 vote also contained a provision demanded by Republicans to speed approval of the construction of a Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline.
After GOP House lawmakers balked at the popular measure that cleared the upper chamber, Republican leaders including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Boehner began to walk away from the bipartisan deal.
Boehner said at a Monday press conference that he requested immediate negotiations on a full-year extension of the tax cuts and jobless benefits to provide certainty for job creators.
"Americans are tired of Washington's short-term fixes and gimmicks, which are creating uncertainty for … [Read more...] about Payroll tax cuts should be extended for one year: U.S. House speaker